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Golden Girl Bea Arthur Dead at 86

TV legend made a career out of playing acerbic heroines

By the Associated Press

Posted Apr 25, 2009 4:05 PM CDT

(AP) – Beatrice Arthur, the tall, deep-voiced actress whose razor-sharp delivery of comedy lines made her a TV star in the hit shows Maude and The Golden Girls, died today at age of 86. Arthur, who had cancer, died peacefully at her Los Angeles home with her...   Read full story »

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